leech
Example Sentences
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And I wanted to leech off of that.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The decision pays off in the film’s third act, when Matthew is exonerated in the court of the public and receives the adoration he’s been trying to leech from Oliver.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025
Medics there aided soldiers who not only had mortar and bullet wounds but also jungle rot and fungal infections and leech bites, all inflicted by the swamps.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
It works according to the leech principle and is less invasive than taking blood from the arm with a needle.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
All this history seems both plausible and creditable, good reading for doctors, but there is always that other leech, the worm.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing leech
Amazing Animals, List 1
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